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The Fed’s Sole Purpose Is to Mislead the Public (Audio)

Tom Woods and Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discuss the Federal Reserve’s long history of being completely wrong about the state of the United States economy. He shared some choice quotes from Fed officials in which they claimed the economy was in great shape just before the 2008 crash. Instead of working […]

The Fed Has Become Far Too Powerful (Video)

Jim Grant told Fox Business that the Federal Reserve has kept itself in emergency mode for too long, with interest rates near zero for almost 7 years. In fact, remaining in emergency mode has only made the next emergency more likely. Grant fears that central banks (the Fed in particular) have become far too powerful […]

Rickards: The Fed’s Strategy Doesn’t Add Up (Video)

Jim Rickards spoke to ABC News Australia about the long-term costs of devaluing currency. Sustained economic growth cannot come from devaluation when the entire world is cheapening currencies at once. Instead, people just lose their purchasing power and global inflation is the long-term result. Like Peter Schiff, he warned that the Federal Reserve won’t be […]

The Economy Needs a Recession (Video)

John Tamny, Political Economy Editor at Forbes, spoke to the Austrian Economics Research Conference about the roots of the Great Depression, the financial crisis, and the Great Recession. He explained how most modern economists ignore important economic fundamentals, or simply misunderstand them. For example, contrary to popular belief, governments cannot stimulate demand by simply spending […]

China Is Working to Make the US Obsolete (Video)

Alasdair Macleod, head of research for GoldMoney, explained to USAWatchdog that America is losing influence in international banking. China is steadily gaining more support for a new bank that would finance major infrastructure projects in developing countries. The Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) represents enormous investment potential by creating an Asian market enveloping more than […]

Why the US Economy Has Not Recovered in 10 Charts

Peter Schiff isn’t the only one warning that the economic data of the United States is much worse than the media portrays. Michael Snyder has shared 10 charts pulled straights from the Federal Reserve’s own records that show how things have gotten worse since last crisis, not better. Some of these are points Peter has […]

Rising Debt Is a Global Problem

An article from the New York Post pointed out that many analysts are joining Peter Schiff in saying that the global debt explosion is unsustainable. In fact, it’s pushing countries around the world towards yet another precipice of financial collapse. The Post cites some grim statistics of American and global debt: Global debt has expanded […]

David Stockman: The Federal Reserve Is Out of Control (Video)

David Stockman told Fox Business that the United States’ biggest economic priority should be getting the Federal Reserve under control. With a balance sheet that has quadrupled in just a few years, the Fed is incapable of sustaining its fiscal policy. Raising the Fed funds rate will add billions more to the already ballooning debt. […]

The Data Behind Deflation

Deflation is a terrible thing, according to central bankers and politicians. Even mainstream economists decry deflation as an economic disaster, ignoring the basic supply and demand principles of Economics 101. Peter Schiff is one of the few advisors on mainstream media who will debate the point. An article by Edin Mujagic, published at the Mises […]

An Economic Wake-Up Call to a Deaf Congress (Video)

Laurence Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics at Boston University, appeared before Congress last month and called them out on phony accounting. He told Greg Hunter of USAWatchdog that despite his best attempts, he could not make senators see how the fiscal situation of the country is not as rosy as official numbers would have us believe. […]